SAN JOSE — A new Bass Pro Shops retail and entertainment center planned for San Jose is likely to become a destination that could draw visitors from a wide area into the South Bay — and create hundreds of new jobs — the company and experts said Tuesday.

About 275 jobs will accompany the Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World store that is due to open in 2015 at a shopping center planned for the northeast corner of Interstate 85 and Almaden Expressway.

The company’s Outdoor World store will feature a showroom for fishing boats, and will sell hunting, fishing and outdoor gear.

The Bass Pro Shops outlet also will feature a bowling alley with an underwater theme intended to make people to feel as if they are on the ocean floor.

“This is going to be great family fun,” said Katie Mitchell, a spokeswoman for Bass Pro Shops. “Dining, gifts, toys for kids, home accessories and decorating, entertainment, dining, stuff for outdoors activities from camping to fishing to kayaking, a huge boat center.”

Casual family dining will be available in the Uncle Buck’s Fishbowl and Grill restaurant. Customers will be able to select from a menu featuring a variety of appetizers, sandwiches, salads and burgers.

The 145,000-square-foot store will be the anchor of the 350,000-square-foot Almaden Ranch complex.

Word of the new Bass Pro Shops was welcomed by San Jose officials.

“This store will be a big draw,” said Kim Walesh, San Jose’s city economic development director. “It is unique in California. A Bass Pro Shop will be a very good fit for our market. This area is very much oriented to the outdoors and recreation.”

San Jose officials are eager for new retail establishments because they think the city has too few for its size.

“San Jose has 20 percent less retail than what you would expect given our population and income levels,” Walesh said. “Those tax and sales dollars are going elsewhere. Consumers are having to drive elsewhere to shop, which has economic, environmental and quality-of-life impacts.”

Retail experts believe the store will be a magnet for visitors from a great distance.

“This is like a whole-day experience,” said David Taxin, a partner with Meacham/Oppenheimer, a San Jose-based commercial realty brokerage that specializes in the retail sector. “This is a real destination.”

Missouri-based Bass Pro Shops said about 250 to 300 permanent employees will work at the store. In addition, many seasonal employees will be hired for special events, including the Christmas shopping season.

Bass Pro Shops said it believes San Jose will be a perfect market for the company.

“San Jose is the third-largest city in California,” Mitchell said. “And California has the third-most resident angler licenses in the nation.”

About 120 million customers a year visit the 77 existing Bass Pro Shops, which are located in 26 states and Canada. The other California stores are in Manteca and Rancho Cucamonga. Each store has about 2 million visitors annually.

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